Royal Cloyd moves to the South End.

A Unitarian church official, he, his wife, and their three children move to Union Park. A year later, he tells the Boston Globe, “If the South End is a slum, it’s one with some grand parks, with houses having 14-foot ceilings and 15-foot long drawing rooms.” Cloyd becomes one of the leaders of the self-styled “urban pioneers,” who begin a wave of gentrification in the neighborhood that continues today.